How much do you know about France? What do you know about its people? We give you 10 questions, each divided into 3 parts. And we give you 6 answers. Make your choice and write down your answers. For every correct answer you get 1 point. If you answer correctly on all 3 parts of the same question you get 1 extrapoint, that is 4 points on that question.

All set? Good luck!

Question  1: In which region can you find

A: Avignon		1: Corsica
B: Mont St. Michel		2: Brittany
C: Ajaccio		3: Provence
		4: Normandy
		5: Quercy
		6: Burgundy

Question  2: What was the Christian name of the following presidents?

A: Mitterand		1: Francois
B: Pompidou		2: Charles
C: Giscard d'Estaing		3: Georges
		4: Lionel
		5: Valéry
		6: Jacques

Question  3: In which region are the following wines produced?

A: Rosé d'Anjou		1: Languedoc
B: Beaujolais		2: Valley of the Rhone
C: Cassis		3: Bordelais
		4: Valley of the Loire
		5: Burgundy
		6: Provence

Question 4: Which of the following events coincide with the years?

A: 1661		1: The French Revolution starts
B: 1793		2: Louis XIV mounts the throne
C: 1815		3: The Battle of Waterloo
		4: Philipp IV becomes king
		5: Louis XVI is executed
		6: Napoleon Bonaparte is born

Question 5: Which three of the following skiing resorts belong to France?

	1: St. Moritz
	2: Chamonix
	3: Megève
	4: La Plagne
	5: Villars-Gryon
	6: Nauders

Question 6: In which sports were the following persons active?

A: Bernard Hinault		1: swimming
B: Jean-Claude Killy		2: boxing
C: Michel Platini		3: soccer
		4: handball
		5: cycling
		6: skiing

Question 7: Find the right author to each of the following books.

A: Around the World in 80 Days		1: Gustave Flaubert
B: Madame Bovary		2: Jules Verne
C: Nana		3: Alexandre Dumas
		4: Philippe Sollers
		5: Victor Hugo
		6: Emile Zola

Question 8: Which painters are known for which motives?

A: motives from the South Seas		1: Paul Cezanne
B: water lilies		2: Auguste Renoir
C: Mont Sainte-Victoire		3: Edouard Manet
		4: Claude Monet
		5: Henri Matisse
		6: Paul Gauguin

Question 9: What are you served, if you order the following?

A: Bouillabaisse		1: asperagus
B: Escargots		2: mussels
C: Asperge		3: snails
		4: fishsoup
		5: beans
		6: crabs

Question 10: Which cities are famous for the following?

A: mustard		1: Rouen
B: film festival		2: Bordeaux
C: Saint-Remi basilica		3: Reims
		4: Dijon
		5: Cannes
		6: Lyon

© Bernhard Kauntz, 2004

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